[racket-dev] #true and #false

I probably wasn't clear enough in my original message, but I meant
that to be a vote for #true and #false.

Robby

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> At Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:03:57 -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>> > An even more common use of `write', I think, is to print code. If we
>> > switch to `#true' and `#false' as the default forms of the constants, I
>> > think we want all those uses of "~.s" that you recently fixed up to
>> > print with `#true' and `#false'.
>>
>> Sounds like this is a core question
>
> Yes. I suppose it was implicit in my mind with changing the way that
> true and false values print, but I should have made it explicit:
>
> What if we switch to using `#true' and `#false' in our code?
>
>> then: I'd like to keep coding with
>> #t and #f, so I prefer seeing them in "~.s" messages.  Two points that
>> I see as emphasizing this: (a) it's a change that is motivated by the
>> teaching languages, (b) it contradics the gradual shift to avoiding
>> verbosity when possible (which is a direction that I very much like,
>> and I get the feeling that I'm not alone).
>
> I would like to try using `#true' and `#false' and I think I will like
> it for the reason in my original message.
>
> So, that's two (conflicting) votes so far. Any other opinions?
>
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